One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the

country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be

considered a very poor family.  

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 

"How was the trip?"  "It was great, Dad," the little boy replied.  

"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.

"Oh Yeah!" said the son.  

Curious to see what he had observed and been taught, the father asked his son,  

"So what did you learn from the trip?"

The son answered, 

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.  

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a

creek that has no end.  

We have imported lanterns in our garden and

they have the stars at  night.  

Our patio reaches to the front yard and

they have the whole horizon.  

We have a small piece of land to live on

and they have fields that go beyond our sight.  

We have servants who

serve us, but they serve others.  

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, 

they have friends to protect them."

With this, the boy's  father was speechless.  Then his son added,

"Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."